Saturday, February 13, 2010

We are the World

I've avoided the new "We are the World" video and song for a while. But then I finally caved, and boy was it worth it! There are so many hilarious parts, I don't even know where to start. Nice points: they included Michael Jackson's old voice recording. The laughable parts are so plentiful I don't even know where to begin. And the best thing is, the longer you watch, the better it gets. All I could think was "boy, this would make a great SNL skit!"

There's a strong start with that youngest Disney product--I'm not sure of his name. Tony Bennett is in there too! There's even a rap-breakdown in the middle of the song with like, every commercially famous rapper who has ever lived practically. Then Kanye has his own solo rap which is simply pathetic sounding.

High points:
-Celine Dion
-'Lil Wayne
-T-Pain doing his animatronic voice
-spotting Julianne Hough in the "chorus" group





Ed note: from Susan: The original video. The best parts: the beginning 80's magic dust-esque intro, Kenny Rogers and the way Springsteen makes every note heartfelt.



1 comment:

Susan said...

good grief! i knew this was going to be hard to watch because i love the original so much. but man! half of these people shouldn't have been included! nicole scherzinger (sp??) from the pussycat dolls? are they kidding me? jennifer nettles from sugarland? what's worse - that she's singing in this or that i actually know her name?

i feel like this one really overdid it on the easy listening genre too. i don't remember a tony bennett or streisand equivalent in the first one. give me hall & oates any day over pink.